One Week at a Time: Grounded and Growing Through His Word

By Dale Hansen

Sometimes we are too intense to track how often we read the Bible and try to read a devotional every day to check it off our list. We focus for a time, miss a day, get a new verse or verses tomorrow, and start all over to try for a reading every day. What if we could work on the same reading for a week—same verse or verses, same application—and transform our lives to follow God through his Word one week at a time?

We can set a foundation of a manageable list of verses to pray through and memorize, learn the overview of the verses or chapter, and find an application for our lives to apply the rest of the week.

Whether by yourself, with a friend, or in a small group, you can become more knowledgeable on how God uses the writers and people of the Bible to challenge us forward in our walk with God today.

• Language: English
• Publisher: WestBow Press
• Release date: Jul 31, 2017
• ISBN: 9781512797695

Dale Hansen

Dale Hansen is retired and spends his time reading, running, mentoring others and watching his grandkids. He enjoys leading small Bible study groups which he has done for over thirty years. He is married with two married daughters and three grandsons. He lives in Joliet, IL.

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WEEK

1

2 Timothy 1:1–18

Focus: 1:7

Overview: Paul was thankful for Timothy’s sincere faith. We are saved through Christ’s grace, through His death, and for His purpose. We should not be ashamed of Christ and His gospel. He challenges Timothy to continue with sound teaching and in tune with the Holy Spirit who is in us.

Focus: In verse 7, Timothy was young and may have lacked confidence to step forward into action. Discipline is action—doing and allowing God to work in and through us. He does not want us to be timid; instead, God wants us to be bold through power, love, and self-discipline.

How to Apply: Our actions to move forward can include the following:

• making a big decision

• deciding between good and best

• deciding to do what is right

• taking your spouse on a date

• reaching out to a friend via phone call, note, or text

• removing or reducing a distraction (TV, hobbies, etc.)

• committing to praying five minutes a day to start

• picking at least one of the above to work on this week

WEEK

2

Ephesians 3:1–21

Focus: 3:20

Overview: Paul prays for the Ephesians to be rooted, grounded, and anchored in God’s love and power. We need to work on knowing that His love for us surpasses what we believe love is. Paul mentions how God’s grace is in Him, and Paul is able to share the gospel to all people. All the glory is to God the Father with His eternal purpose accomplished through Jesus Christ, the